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PORSCHE ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL TIRE SUPPLIER FOR GT3 CUP CHALLENGE CANADA

Michelin provides official racing tire as well as road tires for race
winners

MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 26 /CNW/ - Shortly after announcing the 20th one-make Porsche series in the world - Porsche Canada today announced
that leading tire manufacturer and worldwide Porsche technology
partner, Michelin, will be the official tire supplier of the Porsche
GT3 Cup Challenge Canada.

Porsche and Michelin look back on a long-standing and extraordinarily
successful cooperation. Together, they won the famous Le Mans 24 Hours
with the 911 GT1 in 1998. Today, Michelin supplies racing tires for the
911 GT3 Cup cars in Porsche Michelin Supercup and the worldwide Porsche
Carrera Cups, for the 911 GT3 RSR in the American Le Mans Series and
the FIA GT championship as well as for the Porsche sports cars in
Porsche Sports Cup.

Tires produced for one-make race series like the Porsche GT3 Cup
Challenge Canada have to face a wide range of specific challenges,
because the drivers have to use the same tire for all conditions in
every race of the season. For rainy conditions, Michelin provides the
specific rain tire. Furthermore, setup changes are limited to a few
values defined in the regulations. This is another way Porsche ensures
that the GT3 Cup Challenge Canada is more about driver ability, not the
team's ability to set up the car.

In addition to providing the series' official racing tire, Michelin will
also provide a set of its new Pilot Super Sport street tires to the
winner of each GT3 Cup Challenge Canada race. Michelin will also
provide a Porsche Design Driver's Selection watch (worth approximately
$1,000) to each second-place driver and $500 cash to each third-pace
driver.

"We are thrilled to enter this exciting new chapter with Porsche, our
global partner, and a very promising partnership with the International
Motor Sports Association for the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge," said Tony
Mougios, Marketing Director, Michelin Canada. "A race series of this
caliber deserves no less than the most exciting tire. That's why
Michelin is proud to offer the new Pilot Super Sport as part of the
prizing package for the competitors. The champions will enjoy a tire
with endurance racing pedigree inspired by the same engineering that
has powered 13 consecutive victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans."

The first race of the new Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada runs from May
14-15 at Calabogie Motorsports Park (Calabogie, Ontario), followed by
June 3-5 at Circuit ICAR (Mirabel, Quebec) and ending the season with
their American counterparts July 23-24 at the Mobil 1 Presents the
Grand Prix of Mosport.

Additional information, including competitor regulations, are available
at www.imsaracing.net.

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